Thank you Cheri for the reply On Monday, 4 November 2013 17:35:12 UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote:
> Jose A.M, > > When the Genealogy Society of Utah (GSU as they were called back in the > day) negotiated the contract and went to the Azores, it was in the > mid-1980s. They went to the archives to film. The archives hold all > records except those for the last 100 years. Those are held by the Civil > Registry. So, in the 1980s, they could film up to about the 1880s, more or > less. Some island got filmed up to the 1870s. It depends on what books > were shipped from the Civil Registries and were cataloged by the archive at > the time of filming. > > No contracts have been renegotiated by Family Search (as they are now > called) and the Azorean government. (to my knowledge). But the records are > slowing coming on line up to about 1910 or so. So we have to wait for the > Azorean government to bridge the gap between the 1870s/1880s time period > and 1910, or hire a researcher for those records. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
